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Show 269 268 the public schools sat there for three hours and drank in the words of the distinguished foreigners and other guests there, Among them, I believe, was this young girl who is to recite to you this afternoon a poem which I have not yet heard, but which, I believe, is called "The Anglo-Saxon." (Miss Rae Goller, of New York. then recited a poem entitled .tt‘ittl~""‘"" "Oh, Mighty Anglo-Saxon.") Mrs. I'lenrotin then read the icillmving communication from Mrs. Hess, the delegate from the Arizona Federation: "To this most noted oath: r in; of mi i-r nuit .l tir‘uplk.' Arizona sends greetings. and begs me to tell you in as few words as pos» E le how earnestly her people. especially the Federation of ti n3 "Fibs. itI'K‘ uxirking for the principles of peace. "\‘i'liflr :it‘l but a territory. in a short time ye hope to become -: and as a state we bring peace with us into the Union, for lug. silent, cactus-covered deer with their shimmering LIITVV‘N. breathe peace. "(Jiir Minx. orange-laden air *Llltlfi forth a fragrance that Illnuh peace. Our towering. mlFt'COVCTCd mountains command ,n 1hr \zilb'jc If die Nile of Mnerica. as the ~ilverv Colorado the different women's clubs are very CIOseli.‘ united. . h cord worl; is beingr done. and "Newer Ideals of I'eace" :- no stranger to our libraries, and we promise our heartiest and :ixmt (" ‘lt‘d tndearors to further >0 worthy an object. " ' .ull meet again 9' early date and say in lusty ':.'ii' 'l 'iltil'l. ‘i'ax \‘r, ' Mus. lltfiNl-Iti'llN: l SH‘ 1):: vlenkin Lloyd Jones has just come in, and ccr4,: M. _ . mini 1w «rile Udtltl better close this meeting. He is always the lirin irn-nd mt women, as he is of all humanity, and from him we Wu. ,_..‘.l.. ltd ninth of the ""hpll‘llllon ot the work we carry on. lilx'. l mtg»: l.i.o\,'n TUNES: V I run \‘il'K glad of you. 'sters; I am very proud of you. on ll'lililt'n‘ n r'fl lot. but you are the hope of the land and the piuliihe iii ll‘ii.‘ inture. Ihe reserve corps of civilization is here represented, the line without which the banners cannot be car- ried much farther forward. Providence has been holding you against your will, and mine perhaps, in the camp of instruction. You have been in high training, although it may be enforced training, and now at last, as you have heard this afternoon, I am sure you have a platform upon which no one will deny you the right to stand. You have a cause which no one can challenge your right to work for, and, if need be, to die for. In this cause, in the interests of which you are here assembled, we find focalized the loftiest science, the noblest philanthropy. the profoundest economics of the world. There is a strange and perplexing paradox confronting us just now. Here all the lines of life bear toward the camps of peace. But still at this very time confronted by these inspirations, we meet the ghastly fact that the burden of the camp, the strain of the warship, the clamorous demands for appropriations, are more burdensome than ever before in the history of the world. How can you account for that paradox? I will not undertake to do it for fear I might spoil my evening's treat, Madam President (laughter) ; but it is certainly up to you more than the other sex, although I do not like to put it that way, for there are realms where sex must not and does not enter. But it is up to you more than the men to bringr the powers that be, and they are the ones that seem insane on this matter, I mean the executive and legisis lative forces of the world, I mean that baneful something that represented by the power with the capital "P" that coerces our legislators and intimidates them, and us. dam Inasmuch as you are saved from their temptations and of gers, inasmuch as you are not subject to the demoralizations say it congresses and of cabinets, of presidents and of kings, I agree we is up to you somehow to solve this paradox. we all to quit it have got to quit this shooting business and we ought agreed that right now; but while we all agree to that, we are not shoot‘ if we are going to stop shooting, what is the use of making not to be ing machines? What are guns good for if they are be trained used? What is the use of cannon if they are never to the fuss and on an enemy? What is the use of claiming that in order to feathers and the millinery of the military is necessary enforce the high hchtuts {'i judgment. reason and of science. in |